List of Arabic place names

This is a list of traditional Arabic place names. This list includes:

All names are in Standard Arabic and academically transliterated. Most of these names are used in modern times, but many of these Arabic forms are not in active use in their namesake placesindeed, modern Arabic names for the same places have often changed to reflect and respect the place's modern non-Arabic pronunciation.

Names

ا ʼAlif

ب Bāʼ

ت Tāʼ

ج Ǧīm

ح Ḥāʼ

Haidar

خ Ḫāʼ

د Dāl

ذهبان ḎDhahban. Zahban, Saudi Arabia

ر Rāʼ

ز Zāy

س Sīn

ش Šīn

ص Ṣād

ط Ṭāʼ

ظ Ẓāʼ

ع ʻAyn

غ Ġayn

ف Fāʼ

ق Qāf

ك Kāf

ل Lām

م Mīm

ن Nūn

hakima

و Wāw

ي Yāʼ

See also

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